Cessna’s focus on cheap, reliable propeller aircraft may seem anachronistic in the era of fighter jets—yet its planes have long played supporting roles for the US military.

Originally designed in the late 1940s as a lightweight liaison aircraft for short-field operations, the Cessna O-1 Bird Dog became a vital observation and forward air control platform during the ...

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The Vietnam War was a vast calamity that cost millions of lives. In the chaos of the air war, MiGs and Phantom fighters duelled for supremacy, while B-52 bombers and other types smashed vast areas to ...